Methods and apparatus for generating medical records from a doctor-patient dialogue are provided. A main content portion of a written doctor-patient conversation is identified. The main content portion of the conversation is extracted from the conversation. The main content of the conversation is divided into sections according to a pre-defined set of sections, and, based on the sections and their respective content, a medical record is generated according to a pre-defined template. The pre-defined template is one of a hard medical record format or a soft medical record format.