I bought a used Laptop Keyboard, interfaced it with a microcontroller, and programmed it with open source keyboard firmware. the qmk project provides lots of resources with many people leveraging the APIs to develop their own tools.
this project focuses on using a keyboard which you have no information about and making it work as a standalone usb keyboard. you can expand on it further by adding bluetooth capabilities if you want to pursue it.
this is not my main keyboard. i keep this in a file, and switch between a SICK68 3d printed mechanical keyboard, also programmed through kbfirmware. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3478494
It is a lot of "gymnastics" to load QMK so thanks for the clear instructions. I've added a link to your project at step 15 of my Instructable.