[Grml] Customizing GRML to start speech as early as possible

[John G. Heim]

First thing, I want to say, I am really fond of GRML because of it's 
accessibility features. As  the Manager of High Performance Computing at 
the Math Department of the University of Wisconsin, I was responsible 
for a beowulf cluster of 6 to 8 small super computers and about 100 
Linux desktops. GRML saved my bacon many times. However, I do have a 
dream. I would like  to building a bootable ISO that starts speech 
automatically during boot.

To start speakup, you have to load a kernel module, speakup_soft. Then 
you have to run a program, espeakup. I know it is possible to configure 
that in an initrd file. But I have no idea how to go about doing it with 
GRML.

Any idea would be most greatly appreciated.