Exhibit 99.1


             Digital Recorders, Inc. Announces Order for
                   Transit Communications Products

                  Order Valued at More Than $400,000


    DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2007--Digital Recorders, Inc.
(DRI) (Nasdaq:TBUS), a digital communications technology leader in the
domestic and international public transportation and transit security
markets, announced today that its Digital Recorders (DR) division,
based in Durham, N.C., has received an order for Digital Recorders(R)
transit communications products valued at more than $400,000 from
Athens Transit, also known as "The Bus," in Georgia.

    Among the DR products included in the order are the DR600(R)
modular vehicle logic unit featuring global positioning
satellite-triggered functions and the Digital Recorders(R)
cellular-based automatic vehicle locating system.

    TwinVision(R) bus shelter signs, produced by the Company's
TwinVision na, Inc. (TVna) subsidiary in Durham, also were ordered by
The Bus.

    "This DR order accentuates our belief that the engineered systems
side of our business is continuing to gain strength. It also supports
our assertion that our products, technology, and service in engineered
systems is winning customers. Further, from a cross-selling context,
it evidences the compatibility of DR's products with other transit
products designed and manufactured by our TVna subsidiary," David L.
Turney, the Company's Chairman, President, and Chief Executive
Officer, said.

    Delivery is expected to begin in third quarter 2007 and to
conclude in fourth quarter 2007.

    ABOUT THE DIGITAL RECORDERS DIVISION

    Established in 1983, the Company's Digital Recorders division
develops and manufactures intelligent transportation products for the
transit industry. Products include: computer-aided dispatch/automatic
vehicle location systems; automatic vehicle monitoring systems;
Talking Bus(R) automatic voice announcement systems; vandal-resistant,
hands-free driver microphones; and more. For more information about
the Company's Digital Recorders division, go to www.talkingbus.com.

    ABOUT THE TWINVISION NA, INC. SUBSIDIARY

    Established in 1996, TwinVision na, Inc. designs, manufactures,
sells, and services TwinVision(R) electronic destination sign systems
used on public transit vehicles. With leading edge technology, the
subsidiary was the first established U.S. supplier to bring amber- and
multi-colored, solid-state displays to the U.S. market, innovatively
replacing the decades' old flip-dot, bulb, and ballast technology. For
more information, go to www.twinvisionsigns.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 timing and amount of new
orders or their expected delivery and installation dates, as well as
the potential benefit such orders may have on our ongoing operations;
statements regarding our assessment of the emerging transit security
market and our perception that there are opportunities for the Company
should such markets emerge, together with 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," "belief," "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 the risk that the assumptions behind the
products' order, delivery and installation are incorrect, the risk
that we have overestimated the emergence of the transit security
market and/or the opportunities that may exist for the Company should
such market emerge, 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
             Digital Recorders, Inc.
             Phone: (214) 378-4776
             Fax: (214) 378-8437
             E-Mail: veronicam@digrec.com