Okay, so I'm interested in obtaining a piece of hardware capable of taking a vector or maybe even raster image and producing a tactile hard copy of some sort. I'm not picky on method(cutting stencils, making cutouts, engraving, printing with "ink" that will bead on the surface, a Braille Embosser that can do arbitrary dot patterns or has a free moving stylus and can draw lines, all would be nice) or material, and honestly, the more options I had in my toolkit, the better, but I'm starting from zero and have no strong preference about where to start. Where I am a bit picky is in regards to connectivity, operation, cost, and size... I need something I can plug into a USB 2.0 port and control from the Linux command line... I'm also rather limited on disposable income and workspace, so something in the $100-200 or even sub-100 price range and which I can hook up when I want to "print" something and then stow away ina laptop bag hanging on the wall when not in use would be nice, especially if it can get its power entirely from USB. So, anyone know of anything that might be a good option? Also, anyone know of any good vector drawing programs that work from the command line? Even just a command-line graphing calculator that can export graphs to SVG would be great... but something that lets me write scripts that read like instructions for a compass and straight edge construction or allows for things along the lines of define points a = r=1, theta=2pi/3; b = r = 1, theta = 4pi/3; c = r = 1, theta = 0 trace all points for which the product of the ditances from a, b, and c equal some constant trace all points that are equidistant from any two of a, b, and c. trace all points whoses ditances to a, b, and c satisfie a^2 + b^2 = c^2. etc. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list