speakup and edgy eft

[josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Joshua Lambert)]

Hi all,
Is speakup included in edgy eft?  For example, is it possible to type
speakup_synth=ltlk
at the boot prompt, get speech, then switch init levels from the 
gnome-terminal on the livecd to get a command prompt in text mode?
Cheers,
Josh