My in-laws got theirs scraped and its as smooth as a babies butt now. I think it just scrapes off with a wide putty knife? I bet the service included a lot of sheeting and a huge vetilator to evacuate the dust thats involved.
If the texture has never been primed or primed and painted, it'll scrape off fairly easily. If not, well, then it's harder. At least that's been my experience on three homes in my town that I've helped work on.
