EXHIBIT 99.1

     Digital Recorders, Inc. Announces Conference Call to Discuss
                      First Quarter 2007 Results

    DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2007--Digital Recorders, Inc.
(NASDAQ: TBUS), a digital communications technology leader in the
domestic and international public transportation and transit security
markets, announced today that senior management will discuss first
quarter 2007 results, as well as the second quarter 2007 outlook,
during an investors' conference call on May 16, 2007, at 11 a.m.
(Eastern).

    To participate in the live call, dial one of the following
telephone numbers at least five minutes prior to the start time:
Domestic, (888) 868-9080; or International, (973) 935-8511. Telephone
replay will be available through August 14, 2007, via the following
telephone numbers: Domestic, (877) 519-4471 (Code No. 8805227); or
International, (973) 341-3080 (Code No. 8805227). To participate via
webcast, go to http://www.viavid.net/detailpage.aspx?sid=00003F98. The
webcast will be archived until August 14, 2007.

    ABOUT THE COMPANY

    Digital Recorders, Inc. is a digital communications technology
leader in the domestic and international public transportation and
transit security markets. Our products include: TwinVision(R) and
Mobitec(R) electronic destination sign systems, Talking Bus(R) voice
announcement systems, Digital Recorders(R) Internet-based passenger
information and automatic vehicle location/monitoring systems, and
VacTell(TM) video actionable intelligence systems. Our products help
increase the mobility, flow, safety, and security of people who rely
upon transportation infrastructure around the globe. Using proprietary
hardware and software applications, our products provide
easy-to-understand, real-time information that assists users and
operators of transit bus and rail vehicles in locating, identifying,
boarding, tracking, scheduling, and managing those vehicles. Our
products also aid transit vehicle operators in their quest to increase
ridership and reduce fuel consumption, as well as to identify and
mitigate security risks on transit vehicles. Positioned not only to
serve and address mobility, energy conservation, and environmental
concerns, our products also serve the growing U.S. Homeland Security
market. For more information about the Company 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 set forth in our Annual Report on 10-K filed
on March 28, 2007, particularly those identified in Risk Factors
Affecting Our Business. 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.

    CONTACT: Veronica B. Marks
             Manager, Corporate Communications
             Digital Recorders, Inc.
             Phone: (214) 378-4776
             Fax: (214) 378-8437
             E-Mail: veronicam@digrec.com