[SDBUG] App for web browsers with scanners using apache over Unix/Linux?

[Pedro Moreno]

  Hi people.

   I want to know if some here knows about applications that could run 
from the browsers and use bar code scanners like Symbol scanners.

   Reason, we had at work some app that use bar code scanners and run 
over Access, but i don't want my clients need to depend of OS like 
Windows + the Office package, i will prefer to use any  browser like 
Firefox or IExplore to run this app, but using the scanner, my great 
doubt is if this is possible, because in my case i still don't see any 
app that run in the browser and use scanners.

    Example, i will like to create the app with PHP, Python or any other 
language for web, the server could be Unix(FreeBSD)/Linux(Centos) with 
Apache. The client will just need a OS with a browser and a scanner to 
do the work.

   Does someone knows if this goal is possible and have some experience 
with or have seen something like it?

   Thanks all for your time!!!