Exhibit 99.1

                   DRI Corporation Expects to Post a
                    Profitable Third Quarter 2007


    --  Third Quarter Sales Up 6.4 Percent Over Last Year's Same
        Period Results

    --  Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2007 on Track to Profitability

    --  Long-Term Plans Indicate Potential Profitable Growth Trend


    DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 23, 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 third quarter 2007 sales are expected to
exceed approximately $13.9 million, as compared to $13.1 million
posted for the same period a year ago, and that the Company expects to
report a profit for the third quarter.

    The Company also announced that fourth quarter and fiscal year
2007 are on track to be profitable.

    "Our third quarter revenue increased by 6.4 percent over same
period results from last year; we saw growth in virtually all of our
core business and served-market sectors. Our internal work to reduce
costs and expenses, combined with our increasing revenue, is
continuing to help build the trend toward a profitable fiscal year
2007. Early indications point to a profitable fourth quarter and
fiscal year 2007," David L. Turney, the Company's Chairman, President,
and Chief Executive Officer, said.

    On or about Nov. 14, 2007, the Company plans to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission a Form 10-Q for the period ended
Sept. 30, 2007.

    LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

    Management's three-year strategic business plan, approved by the
DRI Board of Directors in September 2007, projects profitable growth
to an annualized revenue run rate of $100 million by the end of fiscal
year 2010 even in absence of possible acquisitions.

    "Our three-year strategic business plan indicates that our
investments in market, product, business operating infrastructure, and
personnel -- combined with improving market conditions and entry into
some very interesting new geographic markets -- may very well produce
a continued growth trend. As we continue our focus to produce improved
operating results, and to inform and educate investors about the
opportunities we believe are embodied in DRI, we believe that
shareholder value will continue to increase," Mr. Turney said.

    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 timing or amount of future
revenues, expectations of profitability, expected business and revenue
growth trends, future annualized revenue run rates, and anticipated
increases in shareholder value, as well as any statement, express or
implied, concerning future events or expectations or which use words
such as "expect," "fully expect," "expected," "appears," "believe,"
"plan," "anticipate," "would," "goal," "potential," "potentially,"
"range," "pursuit," "run rate," "stronger," "preliminarily," etc., is
a forward-looking statement. These forward-looking statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties, including risks and uncertainties
that we may not have accurately forecasted the timing or amount of
future revenues, that our expectations as to future business and
revenue growth trends, future annualized run rates, and increases in
shareholder value may not prove accurate over time, 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