Exhibit 99.1

              DRI Corporation Slates Conference Call to
                 Discuss Second Quarter 2007 Results


   --  Company to Report Profit for Second Quarter

   --  Management to Discuss U.S. Transit and Transit Security
        Funding Legislation

   --  Management to Discuss Positive Outlook


    DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 9, 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 a conference call to discuss second
quarter 2007 results will occur on Aug. 14, 2007, at 1 p.m. (Eastern).

   To participate in the conference 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 Nov. 14, 2007, via the
following telephone numbers: Domestic, (877) 519-4471 (Code 9106427);
or International, (973) 341-3080 (Code 9106427).

   To participate via webcast, go to
http://www.viavid.net/detailpage.aspx?sid=00004348. The webcast will
be archived for 90 days.

   On Aug. 14, 2007, the Company plans to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission a Form 10-Q for the quarter and six months
ended June 30, 2007.

   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.
Any statement, express or implied, concerning future events or
expectations is a forward-looking statement, including, without
limitation, our positive outlook for the remainder of 2007 and beyond,
as well as 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, such as the risk that our
assumptions underlying our positive outlook for 2007 and beyond may
prove incorrect, 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