Exhibit 99.1

                DRI Corporation Announces Engagement of
               Investment Bank Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc.

      Investment Bank to Assist DRI With Wide Range of Strategic,
                      Financial and M&A Services


    DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 10, 2007--DRI Corporation (DRI)
(NASDAQ: TBUS), a digital communications technology leader in the
domestic and international surface transportation and transit security
markets, announced today it has engaged the investment banking firm of
Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc., based in New York City, to render strategic
and financial advisory services for the Company.

    Today's announcement follows DRI's June 12, 2007, announcement
that management was investigating the implementation or acceleration
of additional actions that may help the Company increase shareholder
value.

    "After extensive review, I am confident that Morgan Joseph is a
great fit for DRI. Their experience and capabilities are well known on
Wall Street, and they have transaction expertise in DRI's type of
technology, market, and business. As we proceed with our strategic
planning for the coming three years, they will be involved. As
profitability unfolds and we turn our attention to the longer term, we
will continue assessing how to deliver improved shareholder value.
Morgan Joseph should be a great asset to the Company in that process,"
David L. Turney, the Company's Chairman, President, and Chief
Executive Officer, said.

    ABOUT MORGAN JOSEPH & CO. INC.

    Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. is a full service investment banking firm
headquartered at 600 Fifth Avenue in New York City. It has 140
employees and seven offices in seven cities dedicated to serving
middle market companies. The firm's primary focus is on providing
financial advisory and capital raising services in the U.S., Asia and
Europe. Its services include mergers and acquisitions advice,
restructuring advice, private placements and public offerings of debt
and equity. For its institutional investor clients, Morgan Joseph
provides a full range of sales and execution services, including
equity research and specialized reports. For more information, go to
www.morganjoseph.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,
including, without limitation, statements relating to the expected
benefits of the Company's new relationship with Morgan Joseph & Co.,
Inc., including the effect of this relationship on the Company's
future strategic plans, as well as statements that contain words such
as "expect," "fully expect," "expected," "appears," "believe," "plan,"
"anticipate," "would," "goal," "potential," "potentially," "range,"
"pursuit," or "preliminarily." These forward looking statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties, including the risks and
uncertainties that the Company's relationship with Morgan Joseph & Co,
Inc., will not have the expected beneficial impact on the Company or
on its future strategic goals, as well as the 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