# Miranda IM help

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by BrailleNote Nut (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Friday, 30-May-2008 21:06:56

Hi.
Not sure if it's normal, cuzI just installed it, but I need help with this.
Ok. I add my services: MSN, AIM, etc) into Miranda. All's cool. So, I alt tab to ms word and finish my document. I then need to ask a dude something so alt tab back to miranda... Which isn't there. Turns out then whenever I alt tab out of Miranda, it just skurries to the system tray. I'd like to change it, so when I alt tab, it does not go into the system tray.
Also, names are truncated. For example:
ZoneBBS Adaic...
And it just litterally has a ... right after it. I'd also like to extend this not to only, like, the first 12 characters or so, but so the entire name displays.
If this is possible, let me know, please.
Thanks.
Andy

## Post 2 by Don'tBlaisMeBro (Folle et simple est la brebis qui au loup se confesse.) on Friday, 30-May-2008 21:58:28

Check and see if your contact list is set to close after X amount of seconds.
Shift+control+O and arrow down to 'window' where you should see the following line of text:
'Hide contact list after it has been idle for'
Playing with this should fix your issue.

## Post 3 by blindndangerous (the blind and dangerous one) on Friday, 30-May-2008 22:16:06

Or u could go get the jaws friendly version of miranda, with the scripts. That should fix it, no problem.

## Post 4 by BrailleNote Nut (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Friday, 30-May-2008 22:40:01

Ah, where do I get that?

## Post 5 by Dave_H (the boringest guy you'll ever know) on Saturday, 31-May-2008 0:29:06

Hello, Braille Note Nut!
If you go to The Blind Geek Zone, you will find Jaws Friendly Miranda in the 'programs' section. Replace your current Miranda with this one. If you wish, you may also download and install the scripts for this version of Miranda. Once the new version is installed, go to your options. In the "plugins" branch, make sure that "clist_blind" is checked. Be sure that none of the other plugins with names beginning "clist_" are checked. Also, make sure that "srmm" is checked, and that "scriver" is not. Still while in the "options" tree, you can enable the "show/hide" hotkey. This will insure that you can bring up and dismiss the Miranda contact list from anywhere by toggling this. I think the default for this key is 'ctrl-shift-a'.
I'm a Moranda user. If there's more help I can offer, just ask.
Good Luck,
Dave

## Post 6 by BrailleNote Nut (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Saturday, 31-May-2008 9:41:28

Thanks dave, it doesnt go to the systray anymore. Thanks for your help guys!

## Post 7 by Dave_H (the boringest guy you'll ever know) on Saturday, 31-May-2008 14:03:33

Glad I could help. If you're not using the scripts or want Miranda to have a different voice, or whatever, there's a plugin called Speak, which makes Miranda self-voicing, using your chosen SAPI voice. Very nice.

## Post 8 by blindndangerous (the blind and dangerous one) on Saturday, 31-May-2008 14:08:33

awww sweet. I didn't know that. I'll have to get that one.
Braill Note Nut, in the options just watch where u go, if u try and go into one of the option places, miranda will crash. Jut thought I'd let u know about that.

## Post 9 by Dave_H (the boringest guy you'll ever know) on Saturday, 31-May-2008 17:04:30

To be safe, I nagigagte the option tree by letter; Miranda hasn't crashed on me since I started doing this.

## Post 10 by BrailleNote Nut (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Saturday, 31-May-2008 19:30:35

Sorry to be a pain guys, but this is quite weird. Whenever I go into the thing, write someone a message and alt-tab out to continue my work, then they write back, it says their name over and over. By it, i mean jaws. So lets say I'm talking to Ryan, and he sent a message. Jaws would say:
Ryan. ryan. ryan. ryan. ryan. ryan. for like 5 minutes straight. Not very nice. If there's a way to fix that, please let me know.

## Post 11 by battle star queen (I just keep on posting!) on Saturday, 31-May-2008 20:48:32

does Meranda work with winow eyes and ware do you put what services you use?

## Post 12 by BrailleNote Nut (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Saturday, 31-May-2008 21:17:52

I don't know if it works with that screen reader, and what do you mean services. Do you mean protocols? Well, if that's what you mean, I use AIM, MSN and am trying to get Jabber going.

## Post 13 by blindndangerous (the blind and dangerous one) on Saturday, 31-May-2008 21:46:57

that I don't know how to fi the repeating of names, but to battle star, when u run the etup, it'll ask u what protocols u want to install with it. Select them, then go into options, and fill them out with your screen name pasword that stuff. For jabber, Andy, just go into options, and have it set up the same way.

## Post 14 by BrailleNote Nut (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Saturday, 31-May-2008 22:14:27

THX. I'll get right on that in a sec. My problem might be something like flashing when incoming messages appear, which would in theory have Jaws repeat the name if that flashes. So I'll get on that in a sec.

## Post 15 by battle star queen (I just keep on posting!) on Saturday, 31-May-2008 23:05:04

thanks. I'll try that. And what is jabber?

## Post 16 by Dave_H (the boringest guy you'll ever know) on Saturday, 31-May-2008 23:56:48

Miranda will work with Wineyes, JAWS, NVDA, and who knows what else. Braillenote Nut, Try looking for some preference like "flash selected" in the contact list branch.

## Post 17 by battle star queen (I just keep on posting!) on Sunday, 01-Jun-2008 5:20:19

For some reason meranda won't let me sign in to msn. I don't see any edit boxes or anything that lets you enter your email address and password. So how do you do that?

## Post 18 by BrailleNote Nut (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Sunday, 01-Jun-2008 8:13:58

I think its in the options, under the network option in the tree view, then tab and find msn and enter your info.

## Post 19 by blindndangerous (the blind and dangerous one) on Sunday, 01-Jun-2008 18:14:44

Under protocols in options, find MSN. Tab over, and make sure that the expert options is checked. U want it to show that stuff. Then tab until u can put in your info. Hit apply, then that should fix it.

## Post 20 by jeffreyshockley (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Sunday, 08-Jun-2008 12:13:01

Hi,
Ya don't have the use the AWS Friendly Miranda or the scripts.
You do have to use the clist_blind.dll file, though.
Using latest version and everything seems to work well here.
Yes, the window does flash when theree is an incomming iM.
Jeffrey

## Post 21 by jeffreyshockley (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Sunday, 08-Jun-2008 12:16:29

Hi,
Miranda will even work with Narrator.
JKeffrey

## Post 22 by blindndangerous (the blind and dangerous one) on Sunday, 08-Jun-2008 14:14:20

Hey, I got speak now. Its awesome stuff. Thanks dave.