Exhibit 99.1

           Digital Recorders, Inc. Announces Third Quarter
                    2003 Earnings Conference Call

    DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2003--Digital Recorders, Inc.
(DRI) (Nasdaq:TBUS), a market leader in transit, transportation and
law enforcement digital communications and audio enhancement systems,
announced today that its senior management team will discuss third
quarter 2003 earnings results, as well as the fiscal year 2003
outlook, during an investors' conference call Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003,
at 1 p.m. (Eastern).

    Participate via Telephone

    To listen to senior management's presentation and participate in
the live questions-and-answers exchange, please call one of the
following telephone numbers at least five minutes prior to the start
time:

    --  Domestic, 888-858-4066, or

    --  International, 973-935-2404.

    Replay will be available Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003 from 4 p.m.
(Eastern) until Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2003 at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern) via the
following telephone numbers:

    --  Domestic, 877-519-4471 (Pin Number 4279525); or

    --  International, 973-341-3080 (Pin Number 4279525).

    Participate via Webcast

    To participate via webcast, please go to www.viavid.com, search
for TBUS events, click on the third quarter 2003 event description,
and register to participate. The webcast also will be accessible via
the Company's corporate Web site, www.digrec.com. For the convenience
of the Company's shareholders, the webcast will be archived for six
months.

    About the Company

    Digital Recorders, Inc. is a market leader in transit,
transportation and law enforcement digital communications and audio
enhancement systems using proprietary software applications. Our
products improve the flow and mobility of people through
transportation infrastructure, as well as enhance law enforcement
agencies' surveillance capabilities. Our transit communications
products -- TwinVision(R) and Mobitec route destination signage
systems, Talking Bus(R) voice announcement systems, and
Internet-based, automatic vehicle monitoring systems -- enhance public
transportation around the globe. Our electronic surveillance tools,
including microphone amplifiers and processors, countermeasures
devices, speech activity detectors, and radio/television noise
cancellers, help law-enforcement agencies worldwide capture, arrest
and prosecute criminals. For more information about DRI and its
operations worldwide, go to www.digrec.com.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
In particular, any statement, express or implied, concerning future
events or expectations is a forward looking statement. Use of words
such as "expect," "fully expect," "expected," "appears," "believe,"
"plan," "anticipate," "would," "goal," "potential," "potentially,"
"range," "pursuit," "run rate," "stronger," "preliminarily," etc., is
intended to identify forward-looking statements that are subject to
risks and uncertainties, including those described below. There can be
no assurance that any expectation, express or implied, in a
forward-looking statement will prove correct or that the contemplated
event or result will occur as anticipated. The risks associated with
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, product
demand and market acceptance risks, the impact of competitive products
and pricing, the effects of economic conditions and trade, legal,
social and economic risks, such as import, licensing and trade
restrictions, the results of implementing the Company's business plan,
and the impact on the Company of its relationship with its lender.
Refer to the Company's various Securities and Exchange Commission
filings, such as its Forms 10-Q and 10-K, for further information
about forward-looking statements.


    CONTACT: Digital Recorders, Inc., Dallas
             Veronica B. Marks, 214-378-4776
             Fax: 214-378-8437
             E-Mail: veronicam@digrec.com