Exhibit 99.1

             Digital Recorders, Inc. CEO's Interview with
                  CEOcast Now Available via Internet

    DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--xx--Digital Recorders, Inc. (DRI)
(Nasdaq:TBUS), a market leader in transit, transportation and law
enforcement digital communications and audio enhancement systems,
announced today that David L. Turney, the Company's Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer and President, was interviewed by CEOcast.com on
Wednesday, May 19, 2004.
    Mr. Turney's interview includes commentary regarding the Company's
served markets, its growth opportunities through geographic expansion
by acquisition, its products and services, and the transit industry in
general. Available on the Internet via www.ceocast.com, the interview
may be accessed by free registration through close of business
Wednesday, May 26, 2004.

    About CEOcast

    CEOcast is the premier source of original and syndicated streaming
broadcast interviews of chief executive officers at public and private
news-making companies. Organized by industry, its analysts average
over 15 years' experience covering and evaluating Wall Street's
leading companies. CEOcast's programming is distributed to millions of
on-line investors at more than 700 financial Web sites, as well as to
more than 20,000 portfolio managers, buy-side analysts, and traders at
more than 3,300 North American institutions. Content also is
disseminated to more than 7,000 investment research professionals
representing more than 425 institutions. All content is copyrighted.

    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, mitigate security threats, and 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 locating and monitoring systems --
enhance public transportation and mitigate security threats worldwide.
Our electronic surveillance tools, including microphone amplifiers and
processors, countermeasures devices, speech activity detectors, and
radio/television noise cancellers, help law-enforcement agencies
around the globe detect, 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. It is important to note the
Company's actual results could differ materially from those
contemplated in the Company's forward-looking statements as a result
of various factors. Among other factors, the Company's results will be
affected, perhaps materially, by general economic conditions, the
availability of national government assistance and funding to local
transportation authorities, the adoption and implementation of
regulations concerning public transportation services, product demand
and market acceptance risks, the effect of import, licensing and trade
restrictions, the results of implementing the Company's business plan,
the impact on the Company of its relationship with its lenders, the
plans and prospects of competitors, the impact of competitive products
and pricing, currency fluctuations, infringement by third parties of
the Company's trade secrets and other intellectual property, the
burdens and costs of defending against potential infringement claims
against the Company, and our ability to attract and retain personnel.
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 and risks associated with the
Company's business.

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