  Although the voice search system is getting more and more developed, some
people still have difficulties when searching for information with the voice
search system. This paper is a pilot study to compare the search performance of
people using voice search and typed search using Baidu search system. We
surveyed and interviewed 40 Chinese students who have been using the Baidu
search system. Afterward, we analyzed 8 people who had a middle to advanced
searching ability by their behaviors, search results, and average query length.
We found that there are a lot of variations among the participants' time when
searching for different queries, and there were some interesting behaviors that
were displayed by a number of participants. We conclude that more participants
are needed to make a firm conclusion on the performance comparison between the
voice search and typed search.
