Exhibit 99.1

Digital Recorders, Inc. to Present at the Roth Capital Partners' 17th Annual
Growth Stock Conference

     DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2005--Digital Recorders, Inc.
(Nasdaq:TBUS):

     --   Conference Slated Feb. 21-23, 2005

     --   CEO's Presentation Scheduled Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. (Pacific)

     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, will present the DRI story to interested
institutional investors on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005, at 2 p.m. (Pacific) at the
Roth Capital Partners' 17th Annual Growth Stock Conference at the St. Regis
Monarch Beach Resort & Spa in Dana Point, Calif.
     Mr. Turney's presentation will include commentary regarding the Company's
served markets, its opportunities, its products and services, and its financial
history. His presentation will be webcast live via
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/roth5/tbus and archived for 90 days.

     About the Conference

     The Roth Capital Partners' 17th Annual Growth Stock Conference will feature
more than 220 leading growth companies in sectors such as Technology,
Healthcare, Financial Services and Consumer Products. The concentrated, two-day
program will allow institutional investors to meet executives from a select
group of companies that have been hand picked by the Roth Capital Partners'
research team. For more information about the conference, visit www.rothcp.com.

     About the Company

     Digital Recorders, Inc. is a market leader in transit, transportation and
law enforcement or security 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(R) route
destination signage systems, Talking Bus(R) voice announcement systems,
Internet-based passenger information systems, and computer aided
dispatch/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 may contain "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.
              Veronica B. Marks, 214-378-4776
              Fax: 214-378-8437
              veronicam@digrec.com
              or
              Investor Relations
              Citigate Sard Verbinnen
              Robin Weinberg, 212-687-8080
              Fax: 212-687-8344
              rweinberg@sardverb.com