Hartmut Goebel wrote:
> From the Readme:
>
> Fingerprint GUI is based on the libfprint library. Additionally, 
> you may
> install the bundled non-free libbsapi library. In this case 
> Fingerprint GUI
> will automatically support all fingerprint readers manufactured 
> by UPEK,
> Inc.

While I haven't tried this GUI yet, I should note that I've been 
able to fprintd-{enroll,verify} without any blobs with my

  ~ λ lsusb
  Bus 001 Device 003: ID 147e:2020 Upek TouchChip Fingerprint
    Coprocessor (WBF advanced mode)

so it might not be so bad even then.

Kind regards,

T G-R