Exhibit 99.1

DRI Corporation Announces Preliminary First Quarter 2008 Revenues

• Sales Reach Record High Compared to Previous First Quarter Results
• Management Expects to Report a Profit for First Quarter 2008
• Strong Backlog

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DRI Corporation (DRI) (NASDAQ: TBUS), a digital communications technology leader in the domestic and international surface transportation and transit security markets, announced today that, according to preliminary results for first quarter 2008, management expects to report net sales of approximately $17 million, a record high for first quarter sales volume and an increase of approximately 42 percent over net sales for the same period last year for continuing operations.

David L. Turney, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, said: “Our increasing revenue, improved operating results, and strong backlog in first quarter 2008 suggest that the plans we’ve made, implemented, and refined during the past few years are unfolding in a very positive manner. We expect to report a profitable first quarter 2008.”

On or about May 15, 2008, the Company plans to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2008.

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® and Mobitec® electronic destination sign systems, Talking Bus® voice announcement systems, Digital Recorders® Internet-based passenger information and automatic vehicle location/monitoring systems, and VacTell™ 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 31, 2008, 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:
DRI Corporation Contact:
Veronica B. Marks
Manager, Corporate Communications
Phone: (214) 378-4776
Fax: (214) 378-8437
E-Mail: ir@digrec.com
or
Sharon Merrill Associates, Inc. Contact:
David C. Calusdian
Executive Vice President and Partner
Phone: (617) 542-5300
Fax: (617) 423-7272
E-Mail: tbus@investorrelations.com