Screencast

A demo of how spectrum's Twitter-Backend can be used to access Twitter. I use Psi for testing/development, but it is also possible to use other clients like pidgin, gajim etc.

 

The steps involved in adding a twitter-account in Psi are outline below.

1. Under General choose Account Setup.
2. In the dialog that appears, click on Add to add a new account.
3. Give a suitable name to the account and proceed to the next step.
4. An  Account Properties dialog shows up. 
5. In the Jabber ID field (Account tab) enter - <your twitter username>@twitter.com.
6. In the Connection tab choose Manually Specify Server Host/Port and enter the IP address (hostname) of the machine on which the spectrum server is running along with the port on which the spectrum listens to incoming connections (Default - 5222).
7. Click on save and exit Account Properties dialog.