Nerd alert: R2D2 was able to talk with C3P0. Presumably under normal circumstances, there would be a robot culture. This doesn’t address whether such a life would be satisfying for someone who was born human.
I realize R2D2 could communicate to C3P0, however I would not qualify that as “being able to speak”. Needing an interpreter would leave me disabled in any situation where the interpreter was not present. Communicating in beeps is a disability, not an ability.
Nerd alert: R2D2 was able to talk with C3P0. Presumably under normal circumstances, there would be a robot culture. This doesn’t address whether such a life would be satisfying for someone who was born human.
I realize R2D2 could communicate to C3P0, however I would not qualify that as “being able to speak”. Needing an interpreter would leave me disabled in any situation where the interpreter was not present. Communicating in beeps is a disability, not an ability.