Exhibit 99.1


DRI Corporation Announces Plans to Participate in Investor Relations Conferences


    Next Up is RedChip Conference at Waldorf Astoria in New York on
                         Aug. 17 at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern)


    DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2007--DRI Corporation (DRI) (NASDAQ: TBUS),
a digital communications technology leader in the domestic and international
surface transportation and transit security markets, announced today that
management plans to present at several financial conferences in the coming
months.

    --  RedChip Small-Cap Investor Conference, Aug. 16-17, 2007, Waldorf
        Astoria, New York - The Company's conference presentation is slated on
        Aug. 17 at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern). The conference is open to investment
        bankers, fund managers, institutional and accredited investors, research
        analysts, and high net worth individuals. However, investors from all
        over the world will be able to see and hear conference presenters in
        real time at www.redchip.com.

    --  Arch Investment Conference, Sept. 20, 2007, San Francisco - The
        conference is open to the financial community. An audio webcast will be
        available via www.vcall.com and www.investrend.com. For more
        information, visit www.archconferences.com. The Company will announce
        details at a later date.

    --  EQUITIES Magazine Transatlantic Conference, Oct. 1, 2007, London Stock
        Exchange, London - This conference is open to the financial community.
        An audio webcast will be available via www.equitiesmagazine.com. The
        Company will announce details at a later date.

    "As I mentioned at our Annual Meeting of Shareholders and in recent press
releases, we are increasing our focus on educating investors about the Company.
We believe that DRI is uniquely positioned in the global Intelligent
Transportation Systems market and in the U.S. Homeland Security market for
surface mass transit systems. The Company's products address environmental,
mobility and security issues, as well as help improve the quality of life --
matters at the very heart of what affects us every day," David L. Turney, the
Company's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, said.

    For more information about DRI's planned financial and transit industry
conferences, review the "Calendar of Events" section within Company's Web site,
www.digrec.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 potential impact on the Company's perceived value as a
result of participating in these various conferences or the Company's investor
relations efforts, as well as any statement, express or implied, concerning
future events or expectations which use of words such as "expect," "fully
expect," "expected," "appears," "believe," "plan," "anticipate," "would,"
"goal," "potential," "potentially," "range," "pursuit," "run rate," "stronger,"
"preliminarily," etc. These forward looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties including risks that our participation in these various
conferences may not prove beneficial to the Company, 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, as those
risk factors are updated by our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. 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.

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