This was the first petition of it's kind I've signed in a while. I 
didn't find the text of the petition to be begging or whining. I also 
liked the fact that it didn't make it sound like we were all hopelessly 
deprived somehow because we didn't have an accessible Kindle 2.

I can't imagine these petitions make a big difference when it comes to 
decision making at a company as large as Amazon, but if this data 
combined with other data will make a difference, or Amazon wants to use 
it in their PR, then it's worth the few minutes of my time it took to 
read and sign the petition.

I'm not sure about the comment below regarding using the Kindle 2 while 
driving, but I think the point of the petition was to point out that 
having the Kindle 2 work in an eyes free mode could potentially open up 
more sales as people would be able to use it more safely while driving, 
jogging and so on. This isn't unlike how the talking mode of the rockbox 
portable media player software is positioned.

Dorene Cornwell wrote:
> I think figuring that out is basic market research. Why would or 
> should Amazon do that any differently for users of accessibility 
> features than anything else. Plus I saw someone gushing about using 
> Kindle 2 to read in the car. I don't want drivers looking away from 
> the road to do soemthing to their Kindle any more than I want drivers 
> looking away for any other reason.
>
> Of course I also think little things like the ADA should tip the 
> balance too.
>
> DoreneC
> Seattle WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Beaver <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:04 pm
> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] the Kindle 2 Petition
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> Wait.  How does Amazon ever find
> out how many of us use products from other companies that are accessible.
>  I don't ever remember filling out any thing that identified me as
> a accessible products user when I bought anything.
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> Am I missing something here?
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> Dan Beaver
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> IBM Application Services
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> From:
> Don Moore &lt;[log in to unmask]&gt;
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> To:
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> Date:
> 02/23/2009 03:00 PM
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> Subject:
> Re: [VICUG-L] the Kindle 2 Petition
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> Agreed.  Online petitions do so much good anyway.
>  But they are cathartic.
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "David Poehlman" &lt;[log in to unmask]&gt;
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> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 2:11 PM
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> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] the Kindle 2 Petition
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> Why?
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> I don't want to be a wet blanket, but Amazon is no stranger to  
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> knowledge of accessibility, we have accessible digital readers and  
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> material a plenty so if they don't want us to use their stuff, we  
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> don't have to.
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>
> On Feb 23, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Jody W. Ianuzzi wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> We may want to sign the below petition requesting Amazon to make the  
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> Kindle
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> accessible:
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> http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Kindle2/petition.html
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