The embodiment of the invention discloses a method and device used for generating information. In the detailed implementation mode, the method includes the steps that the target information is obtained, and the type which the target information belongs to is determined; the target information is input into a pre-trained telephone number recognition model, so that the recognition result of the target information is obtained, wherein the recognition result is used for indicating whether a telephone number is included in the target information, and the telephone number recognition model is used for representing the corresponding relation between the information and the recognition result; in response to the situation that the recognition result indicates that the telephone number is includedin the target information, the telephone number is extracted from the target information, and a record including the extracted telephone number and the type is generated. The method and device increase the accuracy rate and the coverage rate when the telephone number is extracted.