Exhibit 99.1

     DRI Corporation Announces Participation in Upcoming Investor Relations
                            Conference and Meetings

    DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2007--DRI Corporation (formerly
known as Digital Recorders, Inc.) (DRI) (Nasdaq:TBUS), a digital
communications technology leader in the domestic and international
surface transportation and transit security markets, announced today
that its senior management team plans to meet with financial
professionals during an investor relations conference and in private
meetings slated July 15-17, 2007 in Atlantic City, N.J.

    "As we mentioned during our first quarter 2007 shareholders'
conference call, we are increasing our investor relations work to help
increase public awareness of the Company's value. We're planning to
present the DRI story during Friedland Investment Events LLC's Global
Equities Conference on July 16 at the Bally's Atlantic City located at
1901 Boardwalk in New Jersey. The conference is open to analysts,
brokers, portfolio and fund managers, institutional investors, and
other members of the financial community. In addition, we are
scheduling private meetings with key New York-area financial
professionals, including present and prospective holders of our common
and preferred stock," David L. Turney, the Company's Chairman,
President, and Chief Executive Officer, said.

    The DRI senior management team's presentation at the conference
and in the private meetings will include commentary on the Company's
served markets, opportunities, products and services, and historical
financial information.

    For more information about Friedland Investment Events LLC, visit
www.friedlandevents.com.

    ABOUT THE COMPANY

    DRI 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, statements concerning the DRI senior management team's
participation in Friedland's investor relations events and private
meetings, any impact on the Company's perceived value as a result of
such participation, as well as 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 risks and uncertainties that the anticipated
outcome of the DRI senior management team's participation in
Friedland's investor relations events and private meetings may not
prove beneficial to the Company or increase its perceived value, as
well as other risks and uncertainties set forth in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed 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
             DRI Corporation
             Phone: (214) 378-4776
             Fax: (214) 378-8437
             E-Mail: veronicam@digrec.com